And here we are. February was a hard month. I didn’t do 20 but 13 is still better than zero.
Here are 12 of the 13 sketches I did this month 🙂
Quick Sketches is a Monthly Project for February 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
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Oh man. The thing about falling off the plan is that it’s so much harder to go back on 🙁 I seem to have to learn this lesson again and again. Mind:
Body:
Soul:
It’s really hard to get back on track at this moment. I feel like February has been all around tough and I expect this week will be so, too. But I am not giving up.
Nourish Me Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017?here.
Two weeks ago, Nathaniel’s class celebrated 100th day of school. In preparation for this, each student was told to bring 100 of an item and then sort/group them in a way they chose. A few days before the assignment was due, Nathaniel asked me if I could email his teacher and ask if it would be ok for him to do something different. I asked him what he wanted to do and he said he’d like to do 100 equations that equal to a 100. Teachers said it was ok (after they talked to him about how he planned to group it.) So this little boy and I wrote down 100 formulas which he grouped and put on a lovely poster. I love my boy so much!
Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017?here.
Weekly Intention:?This is an unusual week. It includes a day off, a really full day of work, two days of travel and two days of vacation. My intention this week, which i will have to reset right now on Monday night as I type this is to let everything go. To breathe and try really hard to appreciate all of what I have and all of what I will get to experience in the next week. I have been exhausted, worn out and just off this weekend. I seem to be invigorated at work and I expect I will be so on vacation, too. I will remind myself that these are the moments of my life and I get to choose what they mean. I get to make the most of this week. I get to choose. This month?s intention is:?Shine from the Outside In: It might seem counter-intuitive but sometimes it helps to start with the outside. Take care of your body, your skin, your teeth. Dress in a way that makes you feel good. Show up and look the part. I didn’t get to buy makeup this past week. And clearly I am not doing much of this either. But it’s ok. I will get to it. Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: magic. with my kids. what more can i want? This week?s challenges: a long work day. a lot of hours in the car. two long days of walking. but also…a lot of magic. Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: shining this week. I will go to sleep tonight and let everything go. i will allow myself to experience each moment of this crazy week. This week, I will say yes to: letting things go. whatever happens happens. we will have many more chances to get it right. This week, I will say no to: stressing the rest of my family out. getting in the way of this being a fun experience. I am worried that:?my kids won’t like it. we will mess something up or miss something. something will go wrong. the tickets will be missing. it won’t be a fun vacation. i will be exhausted. i will be grumpy. i will be stingy. i will mess it all up. This week, I want to remember:? that life is about experiences. this is our chance to make new ones. let’s embrace it.
Three ways I shone this week:
I celebrate:?showing up in all the ways this week. I let go of: pretty much all my email this week. Core Desire Check-in (bold, mindful, nourish, love):?
What made me laugh this week: the movies. oh how silly it was. Here’s to a wonderful week eight!
While in Sydney, I decided to give The Look of Love a go. I had it out from the library and I didn’t have the mental energy for anything more sophisticated. As it worked out, it was a lovely read. Very predictable but still enjoyable. I wanted to read Carve the Mark because I loved Roth’s previous book, Divergent. This new book got a lot of controversial feedback and while I respect other people’s perspectives, I didn’t have that point of view when I read the book. I read it relatively quickly, mostly on the plane back from Sydney and found myself enjoying it. I like Veronica Roth. I like the stories she tells and I like the way she tells them. And Carve the Mark was no exception. I only watched one movie on the 28 hours I spent on the airplane last week. It was called Denial and right after the movie was over, I read Man’s Search for Meaning which I had heard of many times over the years but hadn’t managed to read so far. The first part of the book is as heart-wrenching as I was worried it would be, but the second part where he talks about logotherapy was fascinating and really thought-provoking and all new to me. I decided I needed to read a lot more about it. If you haven’t read this, it’s highly recommended (though a difficult read, of course.) I then finished A Gathering of Shadows finally. And that was it for this week. A light week. Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. |
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